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fort Gylen are pointed out as the site where Alexander died, and where the 

 Danish monarch assembled his vassals on the eve of his catastrophe. In August, 

 1746, General Campbell lay in the Sound of Kerrera, waiting instructions 

 from the earl of Albemarle to regulate his conduct respecting the capture of 

 Prince Charles, who was then in concealment at Glendossorie ; but, before the 

 general had received his orders, the prince found means to provide for his 

 personal safety by a timely retreat. 



The interesting and romantic appearance of the south end of Kerrera is 

 much increased by the view of Goalan Castle. This beautiful and picturesque 

 ruin is perched on the extreme verge of an almost perpendicular precipice, 

 overgrown with thick mantling ivy, which climbs from the bottom of the rock 

 to the very battlements of the fortress ; and as the foundations of the building 

 spring from the extreme edge of the rock, the ivy has crept from the one to the 

 other, concealing any little break that might otherwise have appeared, and 

 presenting to the eye on two sides, the rock and the castle, as if forming one 

 solid mass of architecture. On the land side the approach is also very striking ; 

 and as the ruins are still in tolerable preservation, a pretty good idea of the 

 original state of the building is obtained. On the front are two stone effigies, 

 called the Piper and the Nurse two characters of great importance in all 

 Highland families. This castle, once the seat of the lineal descendants of 

 Macdougall of Lorn, the formidable opponent of Bruce, was reduced to its 

 present ruinous condition in consequence of its owner taking part with, and 

 protecting a person named Livingstone, who had killed a son of Campbell of 

 Fauns, and thereby exposed himself to the indignation of that powerful clan. 

 Campbell of Braglin, a man well known in the country for his fierce and 

 determined character, undertook to avenge the death of his fellow-clansman. 

 For this purpose he assembled a band of followers, invaded Kerrera, stormed 

 and burned the castle, committing an indiscriminate massacre on the unfortunate 

 Macdougalls, eighteen of whom were precipitated from the battlements. Among 

 the spoil taken on that occasion was a brooch, which had belonged to Robert 

 Bruce, and had remained for ages in the family. This ancient relic is now 

 said to be in the possession of Macdougall of Dunally ; and the history is so 

 interesting, that we shall here briefly advert to the circumstances which render 

 its loss an epoch in Scottish annals. After his defeat at Methven, being hard 

 pressed by the English, Bruce, with the dispirited remnant of his followers, 

 endeavoured to escape from Braidalbane into the mountains of Argyll ; but 

 in this attempt he was encountered and repulsed by Macdougall, the lord of 

 Lorn a repulse, however, which displayed the strength and courage of Bruce 



